To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

Anything processed by memory is fiction.

My medium is prose, not the novel.

Everything I write, I believe instinctively, is to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, is a matter of adjacent data.

I don’t know what’s the matter with me, why I’m so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

I take literature as a really serious human activity. It's not just a playful thing. It can be hilarious and wonderful and performative, but I think it's really serious.

Life without Freedom can't go far…it's like a Brake that stops a car!

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

I think we've always been better live.

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

When you work in film, you learn to appreciate a distributor. You can have this great little film, but if you don't have a distributor, you are sitting in your living room with a great little film.

The world needs the sense that we are all in it together.

Your ability will grow to match your dreams.

I want to be able to discuss craft but I also want to teach writers to trust their instincts and learn to listen to themselves above all others.

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.

As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.